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02656aam a22003258i 4500 001 E19E129875FC11EDBEFEE3C452ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20221207010031 008 220408s2022 oncaf 000 0 eng 020 $a 177041598X 020 $a 9781770415980 035 $a (OCoLC)1309871065 040 $a NLC $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d NLC $d BDX $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d NYP $d ZAC $d SILO 042 $a lac 055 0 $a GV1195 $b .G74 2022 082 0 $a 796.812 $2 23 084 $a cci1icc $2 lacc 100 1 $a Greenberg, Keith Elliot, $d 1959- $e author. 245 10 $a Follow the buzzards : $b pro wrestling in the age of COVID-19 / $c Keith Elliot Greenberg. 264 1 $a Toronto : $b ECW Press, $c 2022. 300 $a 295 pages, 8 pages of plates : $b illustrations ; $c 23 cm 520 $a "Industry expert Keith Elliot Greenberg chronicles pro wrestling through the most memorable, controversial, and polarizing period of the last two decades. As a new decade dawned, 2020 was supposed to be the best year to be a wrestling fan. Finally, WWE had serious competition in All Elite Wrestling (AEW), and there were viable secondary promotions and a thriving international indie scene. Few in the industry realized that in China, a mysterious virus had begun to spread. By the time a pandemic was declared in March, the business -- and the world -- was in disarray. For the first time, pro wrestling was no longer seen as escapism, as real-world events intruded on the fantasy. Still, when everything else shut down, wrestling never went away. Despite cancellations and empty arena shows, there were great innovations, like the cinematic match -- battles shot to look like movies -- and the "ThunderDome," which replicated the live experience with fan faces surrounding the ring on LED screens. On the indie circuit, matches were held outdoors with spectators separated into socially distanced pods. The entire time, New York Times bestselling author and historian Keith Elliot Greenberg was chronicling the scene, juxtaposing pro wrestling developments with actual news events like the U.S. presidential election and Brexit. The result, Follow the Buzzards: Pro Wrestling in the Age of COVID-19, captures the dread, confusion, and spontaneous creativity of this uncertain era while exploring the long-term consequences."-- $c Provided by publisher. 530 $a Issued also in electronic format. 650 0 $a Wrestling. 650 0 $a COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- $x Influence. 941 $a 2 952 $l FXPH314 $d 20231205010239.0 952 $l XXPH787 $d 20221207011010.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=E19E129875FC11EDBEFEE3C452ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IWBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search